The last 4 weeks have been super busy! All 3 of us girls have had birthdays and we had a week of camp! Not to mention a million other things in between.
Amelia is now two but she'll tell you 'three" as she holds up 3 fingers. Already she wants to be older than she really is. SOOO cute though. She is talking more and more each day. One of her favorite phrases right now is "look at me" and she also likes to say "what did you say". A few weeks ago when we were in the car coming or going I heard Amelia singing. She was singing "How I love You" from the song Father, I Adore You. That really touched my heart and she sings it almost every time we are in the car now. In the past few days I've heard her singing Happy Birthday. :)
Jacinth is now SIX and the day after she turned 6 she had a loose tooth. It hasn't fallen out yet but I was teasing her asking "you think since you are 6 you can just have a loose tooth". After her party last weekend we went to the lake and I had her take off her life jacket in the shallow part and try to swim. She did it! She could do a little doggy paddle and swim. I was so proud of her. That girl just LOVES to swim!
We had a week of camp from the 12th-16th and Jesse was able to take off work and join us for the whole week. That was a lot of fun but I was definitely tired at the end of the day. :) Some day I'll get pictures up from all these events but for now you can find some on Facebook.
Last week I turned 29! For my birthday I got to spend the whole day doing what I wanted in town by myself! First I asked our babysitter if she could watch the kids and she said yes. Once she got to the house I left and headed to the mall to pick up my free $10 gift card. I then walked through a few stores until it was time for my hour MASSAGE! That was lovely! After my massage I had to hurry to meet Jesse for lunch at Taste of Thai. Mmm it was good. I got my usual Thai Basil and an Ice Thai Coffee. I had to hurry and eat because I had an appointment at 1 for a free manicure (I received a coupon via email). So I ended up getting two hand massages and by the time I left the salon I had to find some paper towels to wipe the oils off my hands so I could drive! After this I went to Kohls and bought some shoes and then to Coldstone Creamery to get my free ice cream. I decided to eat it outside and that was probably a mistake. My first bite flew off my spoon and all over my phone, the table, and the chair next to me. It was so hot out and it was windy; that wasn't a good combination. I ended up drinking most of my ice cream and using the spoon for what wasn't melted. It was good but I wish they would bring back the Oatmeal Cookie Dough flavor. Next I went to Hobby Lobby since I had a 40% off one item coupon and I bought some pom poms for the kids to do crafts with. My last stop was at Bedford camera to pick up my camera from its cleaning/inspection.
I arrived home about 20 minutes later than I had planned, took Mati home, came back home and fixed dinner (leftovers). After dinner the kids and I loaded up and headed to pick up some friends to go to the Cassville Aquatic Center. This was the 'end of the summer' party for storytime at the library. It was a lot of fun and even Andrew wants to go back and he doesn't really like swimming.
What a long day! I left at 9:00 am and got home around 10:00 pm (with about an hour at home in between). The kids slept in until 8:30 the next morning which was nice. Friday night we had Bible study at a friends house and ended up staying until a little after 10. The next morning we all slept in a little and then headed to the lake for Andrew's baseball swim party. We came home and I said everyone had to take a nap since we were all so tired from our busy days. Jesse and I slept about 2 hours and the kids slept 3-3 1/2 hours!
I'm hoping that our days will slow down soon and in just 3 weeks we'll start back to school full time. I've ordered and received all of our books and am so excited to start. The kids are excited too. I do need a little more planning time or at least I think I do. :)
I think this about sums up our last month and I've left out a ton but I'm about finished eating breakfast and Andrew is waiting for me to come play trains. Maybe I'll write more again soon.